My son has a pellet stove, and it is great except for when they lose power. This sometimes is for days, and when it happens during the Winter we can u sually count on seeing them over here for the duration of the outage. It's always nice to have them visit but I would like to help them to be more sel f sufficient if possible.
He tells me that during startup the ignitor requires 500watts, but once the thing is cranking, the blower and auger take about 250watts. If this were to run off an inverter though I don't know what the 12volt side would requi re. I have a 2000VA UPS that is not being used right now. It uses 5 12volt
7AH batteries. If I used 5 sealed group 24 or larger automotive type batter ies and except for the initial 500watt startup demand I am drawing approxim ately one quarter maximum continuous load, the inverter shouldn't overheat and therefore should be able to run continuously. Given this scenario, can anyone venture a guess as to how long he'll be able to run the stove before the batteries drop to the point that the inverter shuts down? Thanks, Lenn y